Acts 9:32 (WEB)
As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History Martyrs of.3Martyrs of Palestine
“…in all directions, six young men, namely, Timolaus, a native of Pontus, Dionysius from Tripolis in Phœnicia, Romulus, a sub-deacon of the parish of Diospolis, Pæsis and Alexander, both Egyptians, and another Alexander from Gaza, having first bound their own hands, went in haste to Urbanus, who was about to open the…” — editor's note: A city of Palestine, lying northwest of Jerusalem, and identical with the Lydda of Acts ix. 32 sq. For many centuries the seat of a bishop, and still prominent…
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Jerome
“She arrived next at Antipatris, a small town half in ruins, named by Herod after his father Antipater, and at Lydda, now become Diospolis, a place made famous by the raising again of Dorcas and the restoration to health of Æneas.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 32–34.
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